Head trauma workup
Patient’s chief complaint: “I was slapped on the back of my head with a file folder by a co-worker. I have a headache and I want a CT scan to make sure there’s nothing wrong on the inside.
In other words, “I really want to get my co-worker in trouble.”
Fortunately, it wasn’t one of those goth file folders with the spikes sticking out.
Danged if I didn’t have to consider a CT of the chest after putting my stethoscope on her chest to listen to her heart … and an MRI of her back after she laid on the table for the exam.
Sheesh.
And she’ll probably end up getting the Press Ganey survey that blasts me for performing an inadequate workup on her.
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Source: WhiteCoat's Call Room - Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: WhiteCoat Tags: Patient Encounters Source Type: blogs
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